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This episode from the life of Sherlock Holmes will be
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Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in the new adventures of
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Sherlock Holmes. The Petri family, the family that took time
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Watson tell about another exciting adventure he shared with his
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old friend, that master detective Sherlock Holmes. And say, I
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you your free recipe calendar at once. And now for
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our weekly visit with the good Dr.
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Watson. Let's see if he's waiting for us.
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Good evening, Mr.
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Fulton. Oh, good evening, Doctor. Good evening.
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Playing the phonograph, I see. Yes, my boy. And that
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particular melody has some very potent memories for me. Here,
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I'll turn the thing off.
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You haven't come here to listen to a Mozart sonata.
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You want the story, don't you, young, vulnerable lad?
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That's right, Doctor.
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Well, let's sit down.
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All right.
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That's better.
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Now I'll tell you what. Thank you, Doctor.
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Began in Vienna in 1889, many, many years before the
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insane house painter named Schickelgruber had converted that gay city
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into a place of fear and oppression.
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And what were you and Sherlock Holmes doing there, Doctor?
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Just taking a trip?
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Mr.
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Foreman, in those early days of our association, we didn't
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have the time or the money for just taking trips. No, no, no,
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we were in Vienna because Holmes had been engaged in
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certain highly important investigations. We were staying in a charming
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little pension.
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Inhabited by students and musicians.
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And on the night the story began, we'd finished dinner
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and had returned to our room. I was busy making
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some notes on the investigation we'd just concluded. And Holmes
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was scraping away at his beloved violin.
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Confound it. What's wrong? Why can't I get it?
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Oh, it sounds very pretty to me.
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Pretty, really, old chap. I'm on a turn, and a
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heavy-fingered one at that. Listen to this. Sounds like a
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fiddler at an Irish wake.
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Oh, take it easy, Holmes. Take it easy. There's no
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need to fling the violin down like that.
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What's an old chap? Why, with all your other excellent qualities,
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are you not a pianist?
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What's a piano got to do with it?
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In this case, everything. There's a piano in this room,
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and if you could play it, the Mozart sonata I'm
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struggling with might have some meaning. Come in. Oh, good evening, Fraulein.
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Wish to see me? You are Herr Sherlock Holmes? That
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is my name.
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Then, ja, I wish to see you. I am Leo Uhlenstein.
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I live here in this pension.
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I do, too. This is my friend, Dr.
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Watson.
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How do you do here, Doctor?
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Glad to meet you, my dear man.
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Before I'm at Ullenstein, may I pay my tribute to
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the brilliance of your piano playing? You have the exact
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precision of phrasing that Mozart demands. How
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do you know
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of me? Both Dr. Watson and I were present at
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the command performance you gave at the Imperial Court a
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fortnight ago.
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I'm curious. I knew I'd seen you somewhere before. My
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friend was just expressing the need of a pianist as
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you walked in, young lady. Perhaps he.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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I do not play with amateurs.
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I don't mean to be rude.
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It's just that my life is dedicated to my professional career.
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I quite understand, Fraulein. And now please tell me, what
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can I do to help you? I must presume you
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have come to see me in my professional capacity.
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Javelin, that is correct, Herr Holmes. Though I realize to
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a great detective like you, my problem must seem quite trivial. I...
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I am being blackmailed by a man in this pension.
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He is Sandor Orpardi, a Hungarian painter who lives in
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the studio upstairs.
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Sandor Orpardi. Yes, I think I've heard of him.
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Since two months now, ever since he know my secret,
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he's come to me for money, and today he tell
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me he must have 250 guldens, or he will go
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to the police.
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I have not that much money.
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Herr Holmes, please do tell me.
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What I shall do.
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Just what hold does he have over you?
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Mein Bruder, Karl, he got into some trouble here, and
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the police were looking for him, but He ran away
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to München, sir. As you say, Munich and... Shanda Arpard,
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he knew of this. He was a friend of mine,
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so I thought. When this trouble come on my brother,
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I turn to Shanda for help. I smuggle Carl out
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of the country, and he turn on me for blackmail.
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He's a bad man, I.
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If she was dead.
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Most blackmailers are cowards at heart. I think Dr. Watson
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and I will call on the gentleman. By the way,
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does he have any written evidence of your brother's crime?
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Yeah, he has his address in Munich. I'll show Sandor
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a letter from him when he first go there and
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keep the letter. He'll not give it back to me.
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And if he gave the police your brother's address, they'd
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arrest him, eh?
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They would, of course.
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They would.
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Herr Holmes, are you pleased to tell me what I
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should do? I cannot go on this way.
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My music is so great. Now, Pauline, calm yourself. I
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shall be most happy to help you, and if you
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will lead the way, we'll see how persuasive we can
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be with Shondorapadi.
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That is the studio here, Holmes, at the end of
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the corridor.
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I see. Now remember, young lady, you'd better let me
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do most of the talking. He must be out.
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That is possible.
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Now, locked. I think, bearing in mind our party's profession,
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we'll take the liberty of opening his door.
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That doesn't look a very complicated lock to me.
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Oh, I think this skeleton key will do the trick.
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It's very dangerous here, Holmes.
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If Shandor finds you.
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No, no, no, no. Don't you worry about that, Freud.
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We're perfectly capable of taking care of ourselves.
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Uh-huh. There we are. Close the door behind you, Willie Watson.
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I can't see a thing. I'll strike a match. Oh,
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God damn it. Great Scott, look at him. Thumped over
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his desk.
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Light the gas, Willie Watson. Right you are, Holmes. Judging
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from his appearance, Fraulein Olinstein, I think Sandor Lopati had
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other enemies besides yourself. Less scrupulous enemies.
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He's been strangled. Look at the finger marks on his throat.
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Is he? Yes.
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His body is still warm, though.
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I'm afraid he's dead.
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I'm glad.
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He was a bad man.
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Deserved to die.
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Watson, do you notice that the fingers of the killer
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have broken the skin and drawn blood?
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Yes, yes, yes.
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Should we not communicate with the police?
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Before we do that, Pauline, we must see if we
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can find your brother's letter. Help me move the body,
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will you, Watson? Lying across an open dispatch box that
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might contain the document in question. Come on, Buffalo. That's it. Well,
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a painter, the late Mr. O'Party, was an unusually methodical man.
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Everything is filed here in alphabetical order. Here we are. You,
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Fraulein Lea Ullenstein. And the letter has the Munich postmark.
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I think this must be the document in question. Will
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you examine it, please, Fraulein?
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Ja.
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Ja, this is the letter.
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Herr Holmes, how can I thank you?
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There's very little thank me for. If the blackmailer were
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still alive, I fear it wouldn't have been so simple
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a matter. I wonder what other treasures this box contains. Hello.
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Hello.
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Hello. What is it, Holmes? Interesting. Extremely interesting. Look at this,
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old fellow. Good Lord.
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Information on the case that we've just been working on.
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And from the names attached to the document, I think
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we may assume that the dead man did not confine
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his blackmailing to struggling young pianists. He was after a
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big game, too.
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We'd better be careful, Holmes. I don't think that we
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should go for the police just yet.
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No.
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We'll start by having a little talk with the other
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residents of this pension. Four-line... Who lives in the room
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adjoining this one?
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I do, Herr Holmes.
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And the room across the landing?
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Lai Tung-Fo, the great Chinese actor. He's performing here in
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Vienna now.
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I see. Then I think we'll start by calling on him.
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Return to your room, Fraulein, and we will let you
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know later what we've found. In
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to anyone of what has happened.
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I will do everything you tell me, Herr Holmes. And please,
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once again, please let me thank you for.
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What you've done for me. You know, Holmes, I'm not
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sure that girl didn't strangle her party herself. A pianist
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would have unusual strength in her fingers. And we know
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that she had the motive. And look how unnaturally calm
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she was when she realized the man was dead.
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I disagree with you, old fellow. Huh? I think what
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you refer to as unnatural calmness is really the cold
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attachment of the two artists.
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Well, I have a feeling we should keep an eye
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on her, just the same.
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We will, Watson, we will. And now I suggest we
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pay a visit across the landing to the distinguished Chinese actor, Mr.
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Ling Tu-Fo. Yes, please. You wish to see me? If
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you could spare us a moment, sir. But of course, gentlemen.
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Please do come in. My name is Sherlock Holmes. This
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is my colleague, Dr. Watson.
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How do you do, sir? How do you do?
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I am greatly flattered to meet you. You are not
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here to see me in your professional capacity, I hope, Mr.
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Holmes?
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Oh, no, not exactly. I just wanted to ask you
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a few questions.
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Please, do ask me anything.
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Do you know Shondor Apare, the painter who lives across
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the hall?
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I know him by sight. We nod to each other
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on the stairs. Nothing more.
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I see. Have you been in your room most of
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the evening, may I ask?
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But yes, I have been sitting here quietly for the
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past few hours, reading over the analects of Confucius.
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Confucius. May I ask whether you've heard any unusual noises
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this evening? Sounds of struggle? Or a cry from the
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direction of Sandor Pardi's room, for instance?
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I do not think so. Wait, yes, yes. I think
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I did hear laced voices in there, and the sound
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of a cry.
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About how long ago was this?
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Oh, an hour ago, perhaps more. Is anything wrong? Has
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Clovel come to Shondor?
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Shondor? I thought you said you had only a nodding
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acquaintance with the gentleman.
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Well, he is a well-known artist. It is only natural
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I should call him by his false name, Mr. Holmes,
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even though I do not know him. Has something happened
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to him?
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I'm afraid so, but I can't tell you any more
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about it at the moment. Thank you for your cooperation.
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We shall see you again, no doubt. Good evening, sir.
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Good evening, Captain. Good evening.
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Good evening. Good evening.
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Good evening.
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That fellow wasn't telling us the truth, you know, Holmes.
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He seemed very shifted to me.
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Well, where are we going now?
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Downstairs to the porter's desk. There's only one entrance to
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this house, you'll remember. The porter may be able to
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tell us of any unusual comings and goings in the
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last hour or two. Come on, old chap, don't dawdle.
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There's a great deal of work ahead of us. Ah,
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Herr Holmes, what can I do for you? How long
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have you been on duty tonight?
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Since five o'clock.
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Did you notice what people have come in or gone
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out since then? No one has gone out. Ah, splendid.
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And who came in?
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Feulein Ullenstein came in just after six. And Herr Appadie,
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the painter, came in a few minutes later.
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That is all.
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Ah. Who lives in the other ground floor apartments besides Dr.
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Watson and myself?
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There are only two other apartments.
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In the one to the right of the corridor lives
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Madame Janssen.
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She's a Swedish lady, a sculptress. And in the other?
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Signora Violetti, the Italian opera singer.
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Oh, thank you. Thank you very much. I'm much obliged
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to you.
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I'm happy to be of service here at home.
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Well, where are we off to now? Back to our rooms?
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No, we'll call on Madame Violetti if she's at home.
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It sounds as if she's very much at home.
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Signor Sherlock Holmes, I need.
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A friend to come to see me.
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Bravo, bravissimo.
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I have so much wish to make an acquaintance.
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Sit down, sit down.
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I'm afraid we can only stay for a moment, madam.
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My friend wanted to ask you a few questions.
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Yes, Signora. I just wanted to know.
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I know your questions.
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You play the violin.
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I heard you.
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Yes.
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You want to know whether the great Valeria will allow
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you to accompany her in the magnificent soprano aria, Allo
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so from.
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Mozart's Cile Floto Magico.
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Yes, well.
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Your last answer to your question is a si, si. Yes, ma'am.
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Thank you, Signora, but if you don't mind. But that
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was not one of my questions.
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It was not?
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But I will sing it with you just this time.
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You flatter me, but at the moment there are other
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things on my mind. Signora Violetti, do you know Chandra Padi?
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No, by his side, that is all. He may cry
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at me, but I don't pay attention.
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I don't like Hungarian.
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You haven't seen him this evening?
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No.
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I've been alone reviewing the score of La Troviata. I
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am to sing it next week here in Vienna.
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I hope you'll both be present. It would be a
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great treat for you. I'm sure it would be, Signora.
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Now, if you'll excuse us.
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Oh, it is sad you must go so soon.
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But come and see me again.
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And I will sing for you both before you leave Vienna.
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Great Scotland, a ghastly woman. She's not your murderess, I'm sure.
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And now, I suppose, we'll have to question this sculptress woman.
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And then we'll have talked to everyone in the house.
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Now, I think before we visit her, we'll examine the
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dead man's room a little more closely. That black-tinned dispatch
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box may hold the key to this mystery.
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THE END.
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Numbskull! Why didn't I go through these papers thoroughly at first?
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They certainly tell an interesting story.
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A party had obviously been blackmailing Madame Janssen, the sculptress.
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Yes, and also our friend, the Chinese actor, Lai Tung-Fo.
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Then Lai Tung-Fo was lying when he said that he
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didn't know a party.
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Obviously.
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By George, three of the four people living in this
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house in his power. Hello.
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What's the matter?
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What have you found?
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Footprints in the cigar ash on the carpet. Prints of
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a small foot. Leading us to this closet. Somebody must
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have been hiding in there.
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Possibly.
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Take a look at these, Watson.
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Strands of hair. Long black hair. Where were they?
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On a hook in the cupboard. Someone bracing themselves back
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so as to be out of sight could easily leave
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such evidence.
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I've got it, Holmes. I've got it. The long black hair,
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the long nails that caused the peculiar marks on a
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party's throat and a small footprint. It was a woman.
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Possibly, but which one? Fraulein Ullenstein and Signora Violetti both
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have blonde hair, remember? And it must be that sculptor's woman.
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Not necessarily. Who else, not a woman, might have small feet,
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long nails, and long black hair?
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By Jovey, the Chinese exorcist.
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Come on.
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I hope he's still there.
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No answer. Come on, let's go in.
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Holmes.
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Look at
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He's praying. His head's in his hands.
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Oh, my dear fellow, I'm afraid prayers can do him
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no good now. He's been strangled. Strangled with his own cube.
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Dr. Watson's story will continue in just a second. So
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I'm going to take that second for a fast question.
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I know you've probably tasted port wine, but have you
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ever tasted Petri, California port? Have you? Because if you
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haven't tried Petri port, well, you can just tell yourself
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right now you don't know how.
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Good a port can be. Petri port is rich, red,
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and hearty.
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But what you want to know is how does it taste?
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The answer to that is short and sweet.
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The taste is terrific.
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And say, Petri California Muscatel is on the terrific side, too.
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Petri Muscatel has the flavor and fragrance of real juicy
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muscat grape. Both wines are perfect after dinner or any
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time you're sitting around talking with your friend. Try them.
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They're great.
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They've got to be because they're Petri. And now back
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to tonight's new Sherlock Holmes adventure. The famous pair are
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staying in Vienna where they've become involved in the mysterious
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strangling of a notorious blackmailer. As we rejoin our story,
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are cross-questioning another of the suspects,
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a Swedish sculptress by the name of Madame Janssen. What
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do you want with me?
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Why have you come in here?
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Well, we just wanted to ask you a few questions, madam.
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To admire your figurines. May I ask if you always
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work in clay?
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Yeah.
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But what's that to you?
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Do you wish to buy some of my sculpture?
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No, but I assure you the question was pertinent.
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Tell me who you are and stop wasting my time.
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My friend is a private detective, madam.
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A detective?
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Who sent you here? No one sent me here. I'm
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conducting an investigation of the murder of Shandor Apadi.
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Shandor dead? Mm-hmm.
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Good.
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I'm glad.
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Yes, madam, but we happen to know that you had
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a motive for killing him. He'd been blackmailing you.
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Get out of here.
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What right have you to come here.
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And question me?
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No, no, no, no. Look here, madam. If you know
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what's good for you, you will answer our question.
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And if you know what's good for you, you'll get
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out of here, both of you.
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Come along, Watson.
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But, Holmes, you can't possibly.
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Forgive me, madam, for our intrusion. We meant no rudeness.
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You have been rude.
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Intolerably rude.
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Go away.
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Whatever made you back down like that, Holmes? Obviously, she's
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the killer. Rubbish. But her hair was jet black.
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Yes, but it was short hair. And didn't you notice
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the size of her feet anyway? She works in clay.
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If it had been marble, I might have suspected her.
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Pardon my soul, Holmes. I wish you'd tell me what
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you're driving at.
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I've the answer to these killings now, Watson. But I'll
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have to prove it. I'm afraid I must work without you,
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old chap. Do you mind waiting for me in our room? No, no, no.
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Wait a minute. Wait a minute. That may be dangerous.
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Wait for me in Signora Violetti's room, if you don't mind.
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I'll join you there as soon as my work is done.
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Pretend that you have returned because you were so enchanted
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with her voice.
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Oh, great Scott Holmes, you can't ask me to be
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alone with that dreadful woman.
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Please do as I say, Watson, and don't question me.
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There isn't a moment to be lost.
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Of course you know that Aria, my dear doctor.
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No, madam, I'm afraid I don't.
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You've not heard about great Giuseppe Verdi?
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Well, I heard him, of.
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Course, but... I can't identify his work.
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That was from Rigoletto, you silly man.
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Rigoletto?
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Come.
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Tell me your favorite composer.
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I will sing something of his just for you.
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I will turn the gas light down.
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Turn the gas light down?
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That will be so much more romantic.
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Now, who is your favorite composer?
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I don't know that I have any favorites. What's his name?
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Wagner's very fine, you know.
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Wagner, he's heavy like most German composers.
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But Violetti cannot master him.
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Oh, Lord, here she goes again. Come in.
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Come in.
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I cannot see what it is.
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Come into the light.
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Desire? Great heavens, he's a Chinese actor. I am sorry
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to make commotion, but as we say in my country...
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Those who return from grave speak with double knowledge.
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Oh, you devil! You devil! I kill you once! I
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kill you once!
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I kill you again!
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Thank you for.
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The confession, Signora Violetti. You can testify to it, Watson. Holmes! No,
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you don't, Signora. Your nails are too sharp for my liking.
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I'll kill you, both of you!
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I'll kill you!
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Catch her, Watson, catch her!
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She's fainted, Holmes.
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Fainted, eh? What an undramatic exit for a most dramatic lady.
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Well, Holmes, now that you've turned Signora Violetti over to
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the police, perhaps you'd tell me what made you certain
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that she was the murderess.
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It was obvious from the beginning that a party was
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strangled by someone with long fingernails. When Laitung Fo was killed,
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it ruled him out. Then who was the woman with
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the motive and long nails? I don't know. Let me mention,
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my dear fellow. Was the woman Fraulein Olinstein? No. Being
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--> 00:23:28.970
a concert pianist, her nails were naturally short. The sculptress
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who worked in clay?
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Again, no.
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That would make it impossible for her to mold her
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delicate figurines. Therefore, Signora Violetti, by the process of elimination,
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was the only woman with long nails.
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But why did she strangle a Chinese actor, too?
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Undoubtedly, he witnessed the first killing, the long black hairs
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in the closet... Well, from his cue. I presume that
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later he threatened Signora Violetti, and so he himself was strangled.
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I still don't understand why she strangled our party in
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the first place.
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Roger Watson, well, I think you'll find that in blackmailing her, too. Remember,
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he had documents incriminating everyone in the house except her.
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I think we may assume she killed him and then
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removed her own papers from the dispatch box. But I
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had no proof, and so, well, I had to frighten
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her into confession.
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So that's why you disguised yourself as Lai Tung Fu.
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Yes, I borrowed the robes from his room. He was
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lucky that the lights were low as I entered.
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Yes.
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And it's also fortunate that to the average European, all
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Chinese look alike. Come in. Ah, Fräulein Ullenstein. We'll be
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coming in to see you in a few minutes.
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I've been waiting so anxiously. Is everything all right?
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Well, from your point of view, my dear young lady, yes.
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There's nothing more for you to worry about.
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Oh, I would like to repay you here, Holmes.
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I've done very little for you, but if you really
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feel that you owe me something... Yeah? Well, perhaps just
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this once you wouldn't mind accompanying an amateur? It would
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be a pleasure.
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What did you wish me to play?
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A Mozart sonata.
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But of course.
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The Rondo from the E-flat, I suppose.
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Ah, that's splendid. Please, Roland.
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You like Mozart here, Doctor?
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Oh, very much, young lady, very much. In fact, I
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might say he is my favorite composer.
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Charming.
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Perfectly charming. I only wish that all our adventures could
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end so melodiously.
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Tonight's Sherlock Holmes adventure is written by Dennis Green and
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Anthony Boucher, and is based on an incident in the
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story, A Case of Identity.
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Mr.
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Rathbone appears for the courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Mr. Bruce
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for the courtesy of Universal Pictures, where they are now
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starring in the Sherlock Holmes series.